Show ag ne news w s in brief G R director of extension work in new mexico reports that grasshoppers grass hoppers ate aie very scarce in the recently severely infested f areas of that state in the poisoning campaign the kill ranged ato to 90 per cent or better plans are ibeling being made to renew poisoning operations as soon as grasshoppers I 1 begin to congregate on egg beds this fall clarence smith brigham city lumberman advised the state AAA office in logan recently that lumber dealers will cooperate with wheat producers in building granaries for storage of 1939 wheat mr smith sa said id that most lumbermen will take crop mortgages on anticipated wheat crops and I 1 isue issue i sue lumber for the building of granaries to meet AAA storage specifications A plaque at sanborn field missouri experiment station says I 1 this experiment field was established I 1 in 1888 by J W sanborn director of the missouri expert ment station the experiments include I 1 comparisons of various cropping I 1 systems and of different fertilizing til izing materials this I 1 is s one 0 of f the oldest experiment fields in the united states and is of special scientific value because of the long period of experimentation it was in that same year that utah state agricultural college was established by legislative act and it was the same J W sanborn who became its first experiment station director and president the administration asserts that commercial and farm storage facilities cili ties can not approach accommodating mo dating the 1938 bumper crop so new granaries will be necessary in most cases with 8 cubic foot storage space equal to a bushel capacity mr smith estimates that an approved granary can be constructed ted at from 10 to 12 cents per bushel capacity the administration will allow 7 cents per bushel for storage per year with two members leah and henrietta brown walking ten miles to club meetings every thursday morning the jolly junior 4 H foods club at Green river ian can claim a record attendance attendance A third bird member leora ogden lives one ine and one half miles from town md and walks to meetings she has missed only one extreme heat in summer makes it t desirable to meet in the morn ing ng or evening this group directed by mrs irene jones and mrs mamie may assembles at 8 a m according to D P murray state club leader with the agricultural extension service county 4 H club outings are an important group activity in utah counties these functions serving both recreational and educational purposes are held at lakes in canyons or in other recreational areas members parents and local 4 H leaders participate in the one or two day programs such outings have already been held in piute diute rich beaver salt lake and emery counties and are to be held within the next month in practically all other counties |